Lumberton overcame a sloppy first set Tuesday night to take down Hamshire-Fannett (22-25, 25-10, 25-21, and 25-15).

With the victory, Lumberton has now won four out of five matches to build a little momentum in their quest to repeat as district champions.

"With us being the hunted this year in our district, we are going to have play hard and consistently every game to repeat what we did last year," Lumberton head coach Megan O'Quinn said. "Everybody in our district is tough and we are going to have to keep improving each game to get to where we want to be."

A kill on the first play set the tone for the Lady Longhorns in the first set. Behind timely serving and outstanding defense, H-F had Lumberton on the ropes the whole first set and was able to take the set 25-22.

For H-F (5-10) playing well against a high caliber team

such as Lumberton will a much needed confidence boost.

"This is a preseason game," H-F head coach Debbie Peltier said. "And to play a good game, especially on defense, against a really high caliber team such as Lumberton will be something I hope we can build on for going into district play."

Down a set, Lumberton outside hitter Lauren Glover stepped up in the second set.

Glover started off the set with two spikes and assist. Not only did Glover get going but so did her fellow Lady Raiders. Amanda Torres reeled off four straight points to give Lumberton a commanding 14-7 lead in the second set.

The rest of the set would be all Glover.

The reigning district MVP would then serve four straight points, including two aces, to stretch the lead to 18-8 and force Peltier to call a timeout. She would put an exclamation on the set with a killer spike a few points later to give Lumberton a 25-10 second-set win.

"We are a better team than the one who showed up in the first set," Glover said. "So I put the pressure on my shoulders to step my game up and play better and hoped my team would follow my lead and that's exactly what they did and we started play our game then."

Lumberton was able to squeak out a critical 25-21 third set win before closing out the match with a 25-15 win in the fourth. Glover would finish the match with 13 kills, nine digs and eight assists.